Fish Flash Fiction Prize 2012
The 2012 Prize is open. This is an opportunity to attempt what is one of the most difficult and rewarding tasks - to create, in a tiny fragment, a completely resolved and compelling story in 300 words or less. The Flash Fiction Stories are wonderfully entertaining to read and challenging to write, but we love it and so do the readers of our Anthology. This is another chance to get a story, however small, into this year's Fish Anthology.
The Fish Flash Fiction Prize has been an annual event since 2004. To view our catalogue of anthologies containing the winning stories from previous one-page story competitions click Fish Books.Michael Collins is the judge of the 2012 Prize. He is the acclaimed author of eight books, including novels and short stories which have been translated into seventeen languages. His work has garnered numerous awards, including Irish Novel of the Year along with being shortlisted for both The Man Booker Prize and Impac Prize.
His novel, The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton won Breakout Novel of the Year in France 2008.
Adapations include The Resurrectionists to be directed by John Madden, Lost Souls is currently being adapted by A Film Monkey Production.
He is a member of The Irish National 100K Team, which finished 8th at The World 100k Championships in Holland.
Collins holds an MA in Creative Writing from The University of Notre Dame and a doctorate in Creative Writing from The University of Illinois. He has taught at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Sorbonne.
He currently teaches at Southwestern Michigan College.
